91.   The union of rail workers said it would continue staging strikes unless the government backed off its plans for the rail company.

92.   Train operators began a five-day strike Monday, and the national rail company said international and intercity services would not run until the weekend.

93.   Unions paralyzed train traffic through much of Belgium Tuesday to protest the lack of consultations on the restructuring of the state-owned rail company, officials said.

94.   Unions already blocked train traffic with a strike last week to protest the lack of consultations on the restructuring of the state-owned rail company.

95.   While buses were laid on to transport the commuters, the situation remained tense, said Honey Mateya, the chief executive of the state rail company Metrorail.

96.   While buses were called up to transport the commuters, the situation remained tense, said Honey Mateya, the chief executive of Metrorail, the state rail company.

97.   However, workers on trains operated by another rail company, South West Trains, will strike Thursday and Friday and then again next Monday and Tuesday.

98.   Eight people were hurt, two of them seriously, when a passenger train hit a mechanical digger and then derailed in Berlin, the German rail company said.

99.   Eleven people were hurt, two of them seriously, when a passenger train hit a mechanical digger and then derailed in Berlin, the German rail company said.

100.   Eurostar trains from Paris to London experienced delays Wednesday because of industrial action by customs officers, the state-owned rail company SNCF said.